Hauteville

This will be an account of the descendants of Tancred of Hauteville [further information], a Norman who made his fortunes in Sicily. He died about 1041, married 1stly Muriella of Normandy (daughter of duke Richard I of Normandy); he married 2ndly Fredesende of Normandy (sister of his first wife). He had issue as follows:

1. *by 1* Serlon Richard.
1.1. Serlon, killed 1070 in Sicily, married N. N. (daughter of a count Rudolf).
2. *by 1* William, lord of Ascoli, count of Apulia [further information], died between May and September 1046, married N. N. di Conza-Salerno (daughter of Guido di Salerno, count of Conza).
3. *by 1* Drogo, lord of Venosa, duke of Apulia and Calabria, murdered 10 August 1051, married 1stly Altrude; married 2ndly 1046 Gaitelgrima of Salerno (born about 1030, died after 1091, daughter of prince Walmar IV and Porpora).
3.1. *by 1* Richard, seneschal of Apulia and Calabria, count of Mottola Castellaneta and Oria, died 1129, married Altrude (daughter of Gottfried, count of Conversano and Brindisi).
3.1.1. Ruggerio, killed in battle 28 June 1119, married Hodierne de Rethel (daughter of count Hugues de Rethel).
3.2. Geltrude (Altrude), married Gradillon (known 1078).
3.3. Rocca, lady of Ullano, married Robert di Acerenza.
3.4. Eremburga, died after 1001.
3.5. Hermann, count of Aversa and Canne, died after 1097 at Constantinople.
3.5.1. Richard, died after 1099.
4. *by 1* Abagelard (aka Unfrid), lord of Lavello, count of Apulia, died 1057, married Gaitelgrima of Salerno (born aobut 1030, died after 1091, his brother's widow).
4.1. Abagelard, died after 1082 at Constantinople, married after 3 February 1079 N. N. of Bari (daughter of Argirizzo of Bari).
4.2. Hermann, count of Cannae.
4.3. Richard, count of Sarno, died after 1091.
4.3.1. Ricardo, count of Sarno, married Agnese.
4.3.2. Enrico, count of Sarno, died after 1132.
5. *by 1* Gottfried, lord of Capitanata, count of Loritello, died 1063.
5.1. Roberto, count of Loritello, died ahortly before 1107.
5.1.1. Roberto, count of Loritello, died 1134, married Adelaide of Sicily (daughter of king Roger II of Sicily).
5.1.1.1. Guglielmo, count of Loritello, known 1137.
5.2. Drogone (aka Tasso), known 1076-1100.
5.2.1. Roberto.
5.2.2. Ruggerio, known 1100.
5.2.3. Guglielmo, lord of Laucobanta, bishop of Chieti, died after 1103.
5.3. Emma, countess of Eboli, died 1082, married 1stly Rainulf Drengot, count of Aversa; married 2ndly Wimund de Molis.
6. *by 1* Beatrix, died 1100, married 1stly Armand de Mortain; married 2ndly Roger.
7. *by 1* ? Humbert de Hauteville.
7.1. Konstantinos Humbertopulos, died about 1111 or 1112, came with Frankish troops to Byzantium.
8. *by 2* Robert Guiscard, duke of Apulia and Calabria, born about 1020, died 17 July 1085, married 1stly about 1051 or 1052 Alverade (born about 1032, died after July 1122); married 2ndly about 1058 or 1059 Sikelgaita of Salerno (died 27 July 1090, daughter of prince Waimar IV and Porpora).
8.1. *by 1* Markus Boemund, prince of Tarento and Antioch, born about 1052, died 8 March 1111, married 1106 Constance of France (born about 1078, died between 1124 and January 1126, daughter of Philippe I, King of France).
8.1.1. Boemund II, prince of Antioch, born about 1107 or 1108, killed in action February 1130, married after September 1126 Alix of Jerusalem (died after 1136, daughter of Baldwin II, king of Jerusalem).
8.1.1.1. Constance, princess of Antioch, born about 1127, died about 1163, married 1stly between April and May 1136 Reymond de Poitiers, prince of Antioch (killed in battle between 27 and 29 June 1149); married 2ndly before May 1153 Renaud de Chatillon-sur-Loing, prince of Antioch (beheaded July or August 1187).
8.2. *by 2* Mathilde, born about 1059, died 1083, married 1stly 1078 Ramon Berenguer II, count of Barcelona (murdered 8 December 1082); married 2ndly Amaury, viscount of Narbonne.
8.3. *by 2* Roger, duke of Apulia and Calabria, born about 1061, died 22 February 1111, married 1092 Adele of Flanders (born about 1065, died April 1115, daughter of count Robert I of Frisia).
8.3.1. Ludwig, died shortly before 2 September 1094.
8.3.2. Guillaume, duke of Apulia, died 25 July 1127, married 1stly 1116 Gaitelgrima d'Airola (died 1117, daughter of ROberto, count of Alife and Caiazzo); married 2ndly shortly before 1121 Gaitelgrima of Capua (died after 1127, daughter of prince Giordano of Capua).
8.3.3. Guiscard, died August 1108.
8.3.4. *by N.N* Guglieolme, count of Gesualdo and Lucera, married Alberada di Lecce (daughter of Goffredo, count of Lecce).
8.3.4.1. Elia, died 1187.
8.3.4.1.1. Aristolfo (aka Gesualdo), known 1187.
8.3.4.1.1.1. Elia (aka Gesualdo), known 1191. Is it possible this child and the father are one and the same?
8.4. *by 2* a daughter, married 1078 Ugo d'Este.
8.5. *by 2* Guido, duke of Amalfi and Sorrento, died 1107.
8.6. *by 2* Mabilia, lady of Crotone, married Guillaume de Grandmesnil.
8.7. *by 2* Sibylla, married shortly before 1082 Ebles II, count of Roucy (died 1094).
8.8. *by 2* Helena, known 1074-1078.
9. *by 2* Mauger, died September 1064.
10. *by 2* Guillaume, count of San Nicandro, married Maria di Conza-Salerno (died after 1104, daughter of Guido of Salerno, count of Conza).
10.1. Robert, count of Eboli, died 1098, married Gilia (daughter of Rainone of Brittone).
10.1.1. Guglielmo, count of Principato, known 1105, married Cassandra.
10.1.1.1. Guglielmo.
10.1.1.2. Nicola, known 1137-1149.
10.2. Eichard, known 1097.
10.2.1. Ruggiero.
10.3. Rainolf, known 1097.
10.4. Tankred of Hauteville, known 1098.
10.5. a daughter.
10.6. Guillaume.
11. *by 2* Emma, married Eudes Bon-Marchais.
11.1. Tankred, prince of Tiberias, died 5 December 1112 in Syria, married 1106 Cecile of France (born about 1097, died after 1145, daughter of Kring Philippe I of France).
11.2. Guglielmo.
12. *by 2* Fredesende, married Ricardo di Capua, count of Aversa (died April 1078).
13. *by 2* Tankred.
14. *by 2* Alberad.
15. *by 2* Roger I, count of Sicily, count of Apulia, born about 1031, died 22 June 1101, married 1stly November 1061 Judith d'Evreux (died 1076, daughter of Guillaume, count of Evreux); married 2ndly about 1077 Eremburga de Mortain (died about 1087, daughter of Robert de Mortain, count of Eu -cf. Normandy); married 3rdly about 1087 Adelaide di Savona, regent of Sicily [further information] (died 16 April 1118, daughter of margrave Manfred of Savona).
15.1. *by 1* Matilda, born 1062, died 1094, married 1stly Robert, count of Eu; married 2ndly 1080 Raymond IV de Toulouse, count of Saint-Gilles (died 28 February 1105).
15.2. *by 1* Emma, born about 1063, died after 1119, married 4 November 1087 Rodolfo Macabeo, count of Montescaglioso (died shortly after 1110 -cf. Normandy).
15.3. *by 1* Adelisa, known 1083, married Enrico, count of Lucera and Gargano.
15.4. *by 1* count Jordan of Syracuse, born about 1067, died 12 September 1091 or 1092, married 1087 N. N. di Savona (daughter of margrave Manfredo di Savona).
15.5. *by 2* Matilda, married about 1132 Rainolfo, count d'Alife and di Avellino (died 30 April 1139).
15.6. *by 2* countess Judith of Conversano, died about 1136, married 1110 Robert "Chaperon" de Basseville (died about September 1142).
15.7. *by 2* Felicia, died about 1102, married 1097 king Koloman of Hungary (died 3 March 1116, -cf Hungary).
15.8. *by 2* Konstanze, married 1095 duke Konrad of Lower Lorraine (, died 27 July 1101, -cf. Salians).
15.9. *by 2* countess Flandrina of Paterno and Butera, married before 1094 Enrico di Savona (died 1137).
15.10. *by 2* Gottfried "The Leperous", married N. N. di Savona (daughter of margrave Manfredo di Savona).
15.11. *by 2* a daughter, married Hugo "Malmosetto" di Gircee (killed in battle 1076).
15.12. *by 2* a daughter, married Robert of Burgundy (died 1113, -cf. Capetians).
15.13. *by 3* count Simon of Sicily, born 1093, died 28 September 1105.
15.14. *by 3* king Roger II, duke of Apulia, king of Sicily, born 22 December 1095, died 26 February 1154, married 1stly before 1118 Elvira of Castile (died 6 February 1135, daughter of king Alfonso VI of Castile); married 2ndly 1149 Sibyl of Burgundy (born about 1126, died 19 November 1150, daughter of duke Hugh II Borel of Burgundy, -cf. Capetians); married 3rdly 1151 Beatrix de Rethel (born between 1130 and 1132, died 30 March 1185, daughter of count Gonthier of Rethel and Beatrix of Namur).
15.14.1. *by 1*duke Roger of Apulia, born about 1121, died 12 May 1148, married about 1139 or 1140 Elisabeth de Blois (born 1130, daughter of count Thibaut II of Blois and Champagne); he also had issue by his mistress Bianca (daughter of Accardo, count of Lecce).
15.14.1.1. *by Bianca* king Tancred of Sicily, count of Lecce, born 1135, died 20 February 1194, married Sibylla di Medania (died after 1194, daughter of Ruggiero di Medania).
15.14.1.1.1. co-king Roger of Sicily, duke of Apulia, died 24 December 1193, married 1193 countess Irene (aka. Maria Angelina, born 1172, died 27 August 1208, daughter of king Isac II Angelos of Byzantium).
15.14.1.1.2. king William II of Sicily, deposed and later count of Lecce and Prince of Tarento, died a prisoner at the castle of Ems 1198.
15.14.1.1.3. Sibylla, married Roberto di Montescaglioso.
15.14.1.1.4. Elvira (aka. Albinia), married 1stly prince Gauthier de Brienne of Tarento (died June 1205); married 2ndly Giacomo Sanseverino, count of Tricario; married 3rdly Tigrino Palatino, count of Tuscany.
15.14.1.1.5. Constanza, married 1213 Pietro Ziani, doge of Venice (died 13 March 1230).
15.14.1.1.6. a daughter, mistress of Arthur, duke of Brittanny.
15.14.1.2. *by Bianca* Guglielmo, died between 1167 and 1168.
15.14.2. *by 1* Tankred, prince of Bari and Tarento, died shortly before 1137.
15.14.3. *by 1* Alfonso, prince of Capua, duke of Naples, died 10 October 1144.
15.14.4. *by 1* Adelise, countess of Florence, died between 1184 and 1187, married 1stly Iozzelino, count of Loreto; married 2ndly Roberto II, count of Loritello and Conversano (died 15 September 1182).
15.14.5. *by 1* Guillaume "the Bad", co-regent of Sicily, prince of Tarento and Capua, duke of Naples and Apulia, born about 1131, died 7 May 1166, married 1150 Margareta of Navarre (died 1182, daughter of king Garcia VI Ramires "el Restaurador" of Navarra).
15.14.6. *by 2* Henry, born 29 August 1149.
15.14.7. *by 2* Constance, born 2 November 1154, died 27 November 1198, married 27 January 1186 Henry VI von Hohenstaufen, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, king of Sicily (died 28 September 1197).
15.14.8. *by 2* ? Simone.
15.14.9. *by 2* ? a daughter, married Rodrigo, count of Montescaglioso (cf. Navarra, illegit.).
15.14.10. *by 2* ? a daughter, countess of Molise, married Ugo, count of Molise (died after 1153).
15.15. *by 3* ? count Goffredo of Ragusa, married Rogalia.
15.15.1. Ruggerio, known 1154.
15.15.2. Silvestro, count, died 1166.

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